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MILESTONE PROJECTS: MASTER PLANNING + ARCHITECTURE + ENGINEERING
PALAFOX EYES MORE DEVELOPMENTS IN CEBU
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Breaking ground last April of this year, the Corabes Tower is designed to be an eco-friendly residential building.
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Palafox Associates will be celebrating its 26th founding anniversary this coming July 1st and, similarly, it will also be exactly a year ago since Palafox Architecture was launched to the public. As we grow another year older, Palafox is looking forward to establishing a stronghold in the province of Cebu. Its capital, Cebu City, is the second largest metropolitan area in the Philippines after Metro Manila. The city is located on the eastern shore of Cebu island. Cebu is the Philippines’ main domestic shipping port and is home to about 80% of the country’s domestic shipping companies. As one of the fastest growing cities in Asia, Cebu is a significant center of commerce, trade and industry in the region of Visayas including a booming Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sector.
We are looking forward to several developments soon to rise in the locale, including Corabes Tower designed by Palafox Architecture Group. It is a five-storey community conveniently located near the Cebu Business District with residential, commercial, and office spaces. The design incorporates green principles like rainwater harvesting to provide water for irrigation and flushing. The Corabes Tower will also have green walls and louvers to minimize the impact of heat from the sun. To further encourage passive cooling and maximize natural light, the floor to ceiling height is higher at 2.7 meters than the standard 2.5 meters. It also has operable windows and sliding doors per unit.
Other projects in the pipeline include a community in Binaliw, a business park in Mandaue City, and a resort in Liloan, among others. Earlier works by Palafox Associates in Cebu includes the master plan of the University of San Carlos (Talamban Campus), as well as master planned developments by Aboitiz Land. In his previous stint with Ayala Corp., Principal Architect-Urban Planner Felino Palafox, Jr., was also part of the team behind the Cebu Business Park.
To celebrate our anniversary with our fellow Cebuanos, Palafox Associates and Palafox Architecture Group will be participating in an exhibit at the Property Expo Cebu on July 18 and 19 in Cebu Trade Hall 1, Level 4, SM City Cebu.
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Established in 1569, the University of San Carlos in Cebu City is one of the first schools in the Philippines. The principles of a university town are applied in our master plan developed for this institution's Talamban Campus. The buildings are located relatively close to each other to encourage walking. The plan devotes 30 percent of the campus to commercial ventures in order to help sustain the academic activities.
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An aerial photograph of the Pasig area has gone viral after it indicated how Metro Manila has become too crowded with houses and buildings, and how it lacked greenery and open spaces. Architect Felino Palafox Jr. told GMA News Online that the photo highlights one of the crucial problems in Metro Manila: lack of open spaces. More...
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Karima Palafox with Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala and Dean Tony Laviña at the 40th Anniversary celebration of the Ateneo Professional Schools.
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Members of the Palafox Team meet with the Bids and Award Committee for negotiation on the proposed rehabilitation and retrofitting of the Department of Foreign Affairs building.
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